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Sacra Liturgia 2013: Some Comments

09 Tuesday Jul 2013

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Two weeks ago I attended the 2013 Sacra Liturgia conference held at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. The conference was organised by Bishop Dominique Rey of the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon as an opportunity ‘to study, promote, and renew appreciation for the liturgical formation and celebration’. I hope, over the next few weeks, to write up some more comments on the excellent talks and papers that were delivered, but I also wanted to simply make note of a few of the particular highlights of the conference whilst they are fresh in my mind.

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Not an institution, but a body

28 Thursday Feb 2013

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John Allen has pointed out that Pope Benedict’s last address to the College of Cardinals this morning made direct reference to the writings of the twentieth century theologian, Romano Guardini. On a number of occasions Benedict XVI has included Guardini’s work in his own, not least in the title of his book as Joseph Ratzinger, The Spirit of the Liturgy, which is also the title of one of Guardini’s central works. This morning, though, it was Guardini’s emphasis on the mystical nature of the Church (no doubt influenced as much by Pius XII’s Mystici Corporis as by Lumen Gentium) which the Pope chose to propose.

In her recent article, The Pope and the Philistines, Australian theologian Tracey Rowland reflected on the way in which Pope Benedict – negatively portrayed as a conservative, by some – has in fact sought to distance himself from the ‘administrative machinery’ of the Church. Instead, as this week, proposing the Church as ‘a living reality’, or ‘a living body, a community of brothers and sisters in the Body of Jesus Christ’ (General Audience, 27 February 2013). Emphasising not the structure the world sees, but the person into whom the baptised are incorporated.

Professor Rowland reminds us that in Called to Communion, the then-Cardinal Ratzinger wrote, ‘The more administrative machinery we construct […] the less place there is for the Spirit, the less place there is for the Lord, and the less freedom there is’. In many respects, we have seen this approach – a light-touch institutional bureaucracy – very clearly in his pontificate, and especially in his proposals for liturgical reform, each of which has been by personal example rather than institutional decree. If this has limited the implementation, then it is has – at least as much – enabled it to be a deep reform and renewal where it has found fertile soil.

It is typical of Benedict to leave us with this thought, because it reminds us again that not only is the office that he will soon leave not about him, but that the Church – and thus her mission – is not about us, rather (because it is fundamentally his body), it is about Jesus Christ. Again and again we have seen this in Pope Benedict’s writings and in his own life, and now in these final hours – in this final act as the Vicar of Christ – we see it again. ‘It is not I’, he says with St Paul, ‘but Christ living in me’ (cf. Gal. 2:20). May we strive to say the same.

New Evangelisation & the Ordinariates

04 Wednesday Jul 2012

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If you weren’t able to join us at the fantastic day conference in Buckfast last Saturday (see an earlier post here), or even if you were, you might be interested to view these two videos.

In the first, Michael Vian Clarke who serves as Director of Music at Buckfast Abbey and is also a member of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, speaks about the first paper given by Professor Tracey Rowland at our day on The New Evangelisation in the thought of Pope Benedict XVI, with particular reference to the Ordinariate:

[vimeo https://vimeo.com/44994410]

 

In the second video, one of our priests (who also blogs here) – Fr Ian Hellyer – talks about the importance of good evangelisation at the local level. Do take time to watch and hear what both men have to say:

[vimeo https://vimeo.com/44994409]

Something For The Weekend

25 Monday Jun 2012

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This Saturday the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham welcomes Professor Tracey Rowland to lead our thoughts on the New Evangelisation in the thought of Pope Benedict XVI, with a particular attention to the role we have in that important work from our unique place in the life of the Church.

Professor Rowland is the Dean and Permanent Fellow of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Melbourne, Australia, and the author of numerous articles and several excellent books (including two works on Pope Benedict XVI). She is an engaging speaker and holds a passion for the New Evangelisation, and also for the Ordinariate project, about which she has spoken previously.

I had the good fortune to meet Professor Rowland over a Bloody Mary, no less, in Rome last year during the festivities surrounding the beatification of Pope John Paul II. We’ve stayed in touch since, and I’m looking forward to catching up with her in person on Saturday and hopefully getting a short interview about her hopes for the Ordinariates here and abroad.

Just to give you an example of her enjoyable style and humour, commenting on Edward Short’s excellent Newman and his contemporaries, Professor Rowland says:

Newman and His Contemporaries is like a Victorian Dance to the Music of Time, except the characters are all real historical figures. Social historians, Spectator readers, literate people in general, young BXVI generation Catholics and those old enough to finish the sentence Introibo ad Altare Dei… will love it. This is a book to be taken on a summer holiday and read under a palm tree with a gin and tonic. Social histories can be boring and sag in the middle, but this one isn’t. It’s a soufflé that doesn’t flop.

Let’s hope something similarly fantastic can be said about our work in the Ordinariate, and the efforts we make towards engaging with the New Evangelisation.

There are a few limited places left at the conference, which will be held at Buckfast Abbey in Devon. It’s a beautiful location and will be an excellent setting for the celebration of Mass by the Ordinary and Solemn Evensong & Benediction. If you’re interested in coming, drop me an email.

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Tracey Rowland to speak on New Evangelisation, Benedict XVI & Ordinariate

17 Thursday May 2012

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Tracey Rowland to speak on New Evangelisation, Benedict XVI & Ordinariate

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